Creating ePubs, or digital books, makes it easy to share and distribute student writing, motivating them and giving meaning to their work. (Introductory presentation for ISTE 2014 BYOD session). More information in article here: http://creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/2014/articles/Authentic-Authors-with-ePubs

1. Creating ePubs:
Students as readers,
authors, and designers
Melinda Kolk
Editor, Creative Educator
Dir. of Prof. Learning, Tech4Learning
@melindak
www.tech4learning.com/wixie/epub

2. Let's get this out of the way!
iBooks vs. ePubs
iOS vs. Android
So what's the best platform?

3. So Why Create ePubs in K-5?
“When I Grow Up” inherently tells students
that their value in the present is limited.

4. So Why Create ePubs in K-5?
"It was rewarding to see the confidence this
project built and the joy of our budding
authors as their hard work was celebrated!"

5. So Why Create ePubs in K-5?
There are lots of right ways to get K-5 kids to
write, but eBooks have some advantages!
• Students want to create!
• Students want to publish!
• Students want to do important work
• Show and tell with pictures and voice
• Are digital natives, but blogs aren't "real"
• People pay money for ePubs (value)

6. So What Should Students Write?
• Expository
"Skilled writers many times use a blend of
these three text types to accomplish their
purposes." CCSS - Appendix A
• Persuasive • Narrative

7. Copyright & Publishing - Fair Use
Clause
"This presentation was created following the
Fair Use Guidelines for Educational
Multimedia. Certain materials are included
under the Fair Use exemption of the U.S.
copyright law. Further use of these
materials and this presentation is restricted."
Citations
Work must include proper credit and citation
for all copyrighted material.

8. Copyright - Options
• Take your own pictures
• Create your own art
• Ask
• Creative Commons
• Pics4Learning.com

9. ePubs are easy to share!
"58% of American adults have a smartphone."
-- Pew Research Internet Project
"25% of children under 2 own a smartphone."
-- ZACT Mobile.
"One-third of American adults own a tablet."
-- Pew Research Internet Project

10. • Email
• Web URL
• Cloud storage
How do you share an ePub?
• Google Drive
• Drop Box
• iBooks Author - free & paid
• Playing with Media
• Digital Library System

11. Creating ePubs:
Students as readers,
authors, and designers
Melinda Kolk
Editor, Creative Educator
Dir. of Prof. Learning, Tech4Learning
@melindak
www.tech4learning.com/wixie/epub

12. What can this look like?

13. What can this look like?

14. What can this look like?